A Case of Transverse Fracture of the Patella. Fragments Wired by the Open Method
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Sub-Inspector of Police, Fatehuddin, a strong, robust man, doing duty at the Railway Station, Dehra Dun, slipped backwards on the greasy pavement near the latrine on the 31st March 1906, and in endeavouring to recover himself, fractured his left patella transversely. When brought to hospital, the man[\vas unable to stand or to raise the left leg, and the fragments of patella were found to be widely separated, while the joint
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